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• Advertiser get The Works.

  - 2006-07-19

  Byline: Neil Shoebridge Jul 19, 2006 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Major newspaper groups in Australia have joined forces to increase their share of the $A12bn advertising market. The "Newspaper Works" marketing organisation has the backing of John Fairfax...

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• Scramble to bulk up or be swallowed.

  - 2006-03-14

  Byline: Neil Shoebridge Mar 14, 2006 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australia's regional media groups have been presented with the opportunity and incentive to expand. ...

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• Publishers unite to push print.

  - 2006-02-08

  Byline: Lara Sinclair Feb 08, 2006 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- A new Australian newspaper marketing body has been formed, to be initially chaired by News Limited CEO...

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• APN says it's not in the mood for buying.

  - 2003-04-24

  Apr 23, 2003 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian radio broadcaster and publishing group, APN News & Media, says acquisitions are not on the agenda. On 23 April 2003, CEO Brendan Hopkins said the company was not in any merger talks with...

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• APN spurns talk of acquisitions.

  - 2003-04-24

  Apr 23, 2003 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian radio broadcaster and publishing group, APN News & Media, says acquisitions are not on the agenda. On 23 April 2003, CEO Brendan Hopkins said the company was not in any merger talks with rivals ...

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• O'Reilly's new "vulture fund".

  - 2003-03-12

  Mar 12, 2003 (The Courier-Mail - ABIX via COMTEX) Former APN News & Media managing director, Cameron O'Reilly, has announced plans to launch a new "vulture" fund. O'Reilly says the new fund, Bayard Capital, has raised $A100m, which it will invest into businesses it...

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• O'Reilly shuffles pack for the big game.

  - 2001-11-02

  Nov 3, 2001 The Australian Financial Review ABIX via COMTEX -- Anthony O'Reilly, the Irish media magnate, may seek further acquisitions in Australia. John Fairfax Holdings is widely regarded as his prime target, after he wrapped up a $A1.2bn merger between Australia's APN News...

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